A Los Angeles Times article claims Kelly called RB coach DeShaun Foster for 2 months, trying to reach him.

He's getting a lot of carries as other Bruin RBs are out for various reasons.

Good luck to the young man.

Why did this have to happen? Was he so attached to Gould that he had to transfer? Aren't there rules against D1 poaching players? UCLA is pretty classy in this area, so I bet he just transferred thinking he was so good that UCLA would bite. I this is the only significant loss from the Gould firing I am not at all unhappy.

That's an interesting question. It sure seems like they made an effort here to sell the story that he left on his own and the RB coach didn't answer his calls for 2 months??? Hard to imagine a player with his stats and youth being ignored.

As far as UCLA, they aren't innocent, they have poached or recruited on the DL. I think the LAT or his UCLA bio mention a family tie to UCLA.

Well said. But I think he decided to take the FBS bet which may or may not have been a real smart idea. Smart if he makes the top 2 RB slots, but if he stays at 3 not so much if any significant playing time vrs staying here and playing a lot. And by the way, how do/can you stop poaching? Is it a NCAA violation? Seems very hard to stop this practice.

He could have been a big fish here, and in the FCS.

I called this a few times..........not surprised he ended up at a Pac-12 school.

Big opportunity for Kelley. Hope he knocks 'em dead.